Crime Hunter
Officer Hank, a new detective for the Carlsbad Police Department, discovers a long-buried case that leads to digging into the past.
Written by Christopher Beauchamp (USA)
The Inescapable Arrival of Lazlo Petushki
A scruffy young man is about to arrive in a mysterious city by boat when he finds himself lost in the labyrinthine hull of the ship. On his surreal journey through the boat, he is chased by the inescapable; himself, the very luggage he was hoping to leave behind.
Directed by Sven Werner (UK)
Love Departure
Fate brings international student Izabella and local sophomore Brad together, then rips them apart when she must return home to help her ailing father.
Directed by DC Brandon (Canada)
Unge Ferrari – Hjerteløs
Music video for Unge Ferrari, made with a combination of film and 3D. In order to tie live action and 3D together, the same lighting is used, which also pulses to the music throughout.
Directed by Axel Lavin (Norway)
Incomplete
A wounded woman tries to find a missing piece from a puzzle only to find out a horrific truth about her injuries.
Directed by Esteban De La Isla (USA)
Seven short scripts that Independent Short Awards strongly recommends
“The Five Fingers of the Devil”, “40ish…”, “The Freezer”, “Enginuity”, “Suicide 101”, “Frames”, and “Red Shirt”. Seven works that deserve particular attention.
ALiCe
Directed by Natsumi Shibata (USA)
Georgia O’Keefe and Me
Love and art in the age of Trump.
Chaos and order compete as a married man falls for an artist ingenue. Art prevails.
Directed by Robert Belinoff (USA)
Mother’s Garden
This short film is a psychological thriller about one woman who spends the night in her recently deceased mother in laws house and eventually realizes she is not alone.
Directed by Derek Johnson (USA)
Beloved Beast
A 12-year-old girl loses her parents in a car accident and is forced to live with her unstable aunt, who is tied to bad people. She soon befriends an escaped mental patient and hides him at home.
Directed by Jonathan Holbrook (USA)
Brace Face
A misfit girl with headgear is victimized by bullies and comes home to her strange parents with a dark secret.
Directed by Jonathan Wade Holbrook and Elena Stecca (USA)
Signal
When you lose all connection, what remains…..
Directed by Diogo Morgado (USA)
The Queen
Having a mysterious encounter in Manhattan…
What if you would meet that one person who can make you realize something is not right..? Or very wrong?
Would you believe it?
Directed by Hugo Teugels (Belgium)
The Untold Story of Romeo & Juliet
An unemployed Cupid, Quincy Lightfeather, shares how he screwed up the greatest love story of all time. While trying to impress some women, he accidentally matches the scions of two warring families – Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet. As he desperately tries to fix his mistake, the situation spirals out of control. Each compounding blunder sheds more light on the events and tragedies of the original Shakespearean drama.
Directed by John Tso (USA)